This study presents an empirical evidence concerning the comparison of  the dynamics of competitiveness in the creative and manufacturing industries. It investigated the impact of the economic crisis in the behavior of the competitiveness of those industries. The samples were 42 firms taken from 3 sub-sectors of the creative industries and 3 sub-sectors of the manufacturing industries listed in...

Almost little is known about creative writing. In this research, creative writing has been introduced as an alternative to academic writing. The aims were to introduce creative writing as an alternative to academic writing to boost the participants’ attitude towards writing in general. The participants were 32 senior university students studying English Translation at Islamic Azad University, T...

Although the creative city concept has received much criticism, movement still occurs to fight for a better city. The decline in terracotta tile business Jatiwangi, Majalengka Regency, West Java, Indonesia, triggered revitalize their identity through Terracotta City movement. By combining Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s field of creativity and Pierre Bourdieu’s cultural capital, this study is carried...

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE is a topic of great public interest. Much of the public debate among non-economists takes it for granted that, if the funds were made available, development would follow: Pogge (2005), Singer (2004), and at least some economists agree (Sachs 2005, 2008). Others, most notably Easterly (2006), are deeply sceptical, a position that has been forcefully ar...

Prescribed fires have many benefits, but existing ignition methods are dangerous, costly, or inefficient. This paper presents the design and evaluation of a micro-UAS that can start a prescribed fire from the air, while being operated from a safe distance and without the costs associated with aerial ignition from a manned aircraft. We evaluate the performance of the system in extensive controll...

abstractthe aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the glass ceiling on women creative ideas working in administrative province units of lorestan state with moderating of their self-concept variable. the population of this cross-correlation, stady was all women employees of administrative province.units of lorestan state. using stratified sampling,and basis of morgan 306 persons select...